R&D
- noun
- /ɑːr ənd di/
- Specialized
- Without sufficient funding for R&D, the company struggled to keep up with competitors in the tech industry.
- R&D budget
- R&D investment
- R&D spending
OK, we throw more money at R&D; and it will figure it out.
- OK, we throw more money at R&D; and it will figure it out.
- I mean, Steam turned out after a lot of R&D;, to be better than sail.
- And so I think it's now demonstrable that energy R&D; pays off.
- OK, my name is Nathaniel and I am the R&D; and Project Coordinator for NCIXPC.
- So I spent a ton of money investing in R&D; and creating the mold for that thing.
- There's always a trade off between your upfront R&D; costs versus your ongoing costs.
- You know R&D; like research and development.
- If we invest more in innovation in R&D.;
Examples
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They can focus a lot of time into R&D and create great products.
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They share R&D facilities with the University of California.
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We're just in the R&D phase and moving on to characters.
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And how can the United States better link its R&D efforts with those of other nations?
Academic text (1991) -
Investment in R&D and innovation will bring high skilled, well paid jobs.
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The vehicle, which we call Lightning II, represents three years of R&D.
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An empirical issue is the relationship between R&D funding, technical success, and market acceptance.
Academic text (1999) -
Allen Chandler Smith, Jr. has over 40 years of experience in R&D in the nuclear business.
Academic text (2011) -
Spent 15 years heading up GothCorp Chemicals' R&D division.
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He found that increasing total government R&D spending does raise wages and attract these workers.
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Etymology
R&D comes from the words research and development, where research is like 'searching' for new knowledge and development is the work of 'making' or 'growing' ideas into products. So R&D is the part of a company that finds new ideas and turns them into new products or technologies.